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Newsletter from Amiri Baraka and the Committee For Unified Newark (CFUN), covering the recent ouster of the principal and vice principal of the Robert Treat School. CFUN was largely responsible for their removal, and the appointment of black principal Eugene Campbell, who later became the first black superintendent of Newark Public Schools. — Credit: Amiri Baraka Papers, Columbia University Libraries

Newsletter from Amiri Baraka and the Committee For Unified Newark (CFUN), on the surveillance and counterintelligence efforts of the FBI and Justice Department to “destroy” the organization. CFUN was a cultural nationalist organization established in 1968 by Amiri Baraka aimed at achieving Black political power in Newark. — Credit: Amiri Baraka Papers, Columbia University Libraries

Educational Proposal created by the Committee For Unified Newark to establish an “Experimental College” in Newark’s Black community. CFUN was a cultural nationalist organization established in 1968 by Amiri Baraka aimed at achieving Black political power in Newark. — Credit: Amiri Baraka Papers, Columbia University Libraries

A view from inside the Hekalu, the headquarters of the Committee For Unified Newark, at 502 High Street. The Hekalu was a hub for political and cultural expression and nationalism, regularly hosting concerts, performances, and film screenings grounded in the politics of liberation and nationalism. — Credit: Newark Public Library

Flyer for a 1974 film screening and speaking event featuring Amiri Baraka, sponsored by the Congress of Afrikan People. The Congress of Afrikan People was founded in 1970 as a Pan-African, nationalist organization that promoted black political empowerment, with its headquarters in Newark, NJ. — Credit: Newark Public Library

Flyer for a 1974 meeting of the Afrikan Liberation Support Committee at the Congress of Afrikan People’s Hekalu Mwalimu (“Temple of the Teacher”). The Afrikan Liberation Support Committee was a CAP initiative to support struggles for liberation from colonial powers in Africa, most notably in South Africa, Angola, and Rhodesia. — Credit: Newark Public Library

Flyer for an awards ceremony and fundraising event for the Afrikan Free School, an independent school established by Amina Baraka in 1967. One of the Committee For Unified Newark’s (CFUN) most successful program, the African Free School was initially formed to improve literacy for children in Newark, and grew to earn national recognition. — Credit: Newark Public Library

Flyer for a “Revolutionary Film Festival” sponsored by the Committee For Unified Newark (CFUN) in April 1974. CFUN was a cultural nationalist organization established in 1968 by Amiri Baraka aimed at achieving Black political power in Newark. — Credit: Newark Public Library

Flyer for events sponsored by the Committee For Unified Newark (CFUN) in February 1974. CFUN was a cultural nationalist organization established in 1968 by Amiri Baraka aimed at achieving Black political power in Newark. — Credit: Newark Public Library

Flyer for a Soul Session, hosted by Amiri Baraka and the Committee For Unified Newark at the Hekalu Mwalimu (“Temple of the Teacher”), 13 Belmont Avenue. Baraka’s organization hosted Soul Sessions every Sunday, and incorporated music, poetry, and theatre with political discussion. — Credit: Newark Public Library